I have questions about my nerve-block anesthesia two weeks ago for surgery to repair my lower fibula, I still have numbness, burning pain, etc. I have seen on the web that nerve damage can occur from nerve blocks, but not much other followup info about the natural history of this kind of damage and followup treatment. I know you can't diagnose over the web, but I'd like some general information: how long can it take for nerve blocks (for surgical anesthesia) to resolve? How often does nerve damage occur? How can you distinguish normal slow resolution from nerve damage? What can be done to hasten healing and/or prevent permanent damage? Or could my symptoms be from the fibula surgery itself? (I had no foot numbness before the surgery).
The nerve block wore off slowly in the hospital, so I didn't need much pain drip (Next day, it was maybe 60% effective.) Two weeks after surgery, the nerves of my foot are still affected. The top of my foot & the tops of my four toes (not counting the big toe area) are numb with burning pain and occasional creepy feelings. I still have my cast on, but it feels like the middle of my foot, outside-edge, bottom+side +top, are either completely numb or muscle-clenched. I have had a few "charlie-horses" of other small muscles in the sole of my foot. I can clench & wiggle my toes, though it hurts both the toes and the top of my foot when I do so, and I think I can flex my foot, but it is hard to tell with the cast on.
In the last few days these sensations are becoming more bothersome with burning pain and creepy feelings.
Thanks !!!!